Fiction
Non-Fiction
Vocabulary
Test-Taking Skills
Writing
100

What does fiction mean? 

The story is made up (fake). 

100

When you are given a text and you read the directions... you know it is most likely nonfiction because it says ___________. 

Passage 

100

What genre has characters and facts?

Narrative Nonfiction 

100

What is the first thing you should do when given a new passage?

Read the DIRECTIONS and introduction (if there is one). 

100

How many points is a short response question worth? 

2 points 

because...

1 point for the answer. 

1 point for the two details 

200
Who is the person that tells the story? 

Narrator 

200

What is the main idea? 

What a passage or section is mostly about. 

200

What is another word for retell? 

Summarize 

200

What should you do if you do not know the answer to a multiple choice question. 

Answer it anyway.... do NOT leave it blank. 

200

Name 3 transition words/phrases.

For example,

Also, 

In the text it says, 

In the beginning, 

For instance, 

300

When given a passage that you know is a story... what should you be thinking about? 

Name at least 3 elements 

1. Characters 

2. Setting 

3. Problem/Solution 

300

Name 3 types text features. 

- Photographs 

- Charts, diagrams, graphs

- Glossary 

- Headings/subheadings

- Bold words 


300

What is a synonym for the LESSON learned in a story?

Theme or Central Message or Moral 

300

What should you NOT do when answering a multiple choice question. 

Leave it blank OR select more than 1 answer. 

300

How many details do you typically include in an extended response? 

4 details. 

(2 details for each bullet or question)

400

What is the difference between a character feeling and a character trait? 

Feelings are how a character is in the moment. 

Traits describe how the character acts most of the time. 

400

Give an example of a cause-effect relationship.

(Many different answers for this question)

400

What is another word or phrase for DETAIL?

Text evidence or quote. 

400

What kind of question is this..... 


How does paragraph 3 connect to paragraph 6? 

Part to Part Question 

400

What do you include in an introduction?

1. Title

2. Author 

3. Answers.

500

What to you use when you do not know the meaning of a word/phrase.

CONTEXT CLUES 
500

If I am reading a book and need to look up the definition of a word, where can I look?

Glossary 
500

When you see the words DESCRIBE or SHOW in a question it usually means what?

Describe a character and/or name a character trait 

500

What is it called when you circle and underline things in a passage?

Coding or annotating. 

500

Answers to questions do not come from the text. Instead readers must _______. 

(Looking for 1 word)

INFER 

or make an... INFERENCE